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A half-day session for veterans designed to introduce the fundamentals of coding and explore career opportunities in technology. Learn how you can receive hands-on experience, train to enter the technology field, and take the first step toward a new career path with Code Platoon.

For many veterans, finding the right career path can be a tremendous struggle. While a growing number of industries are becoming more open to the idea of hiring military veterans, there are a few career fields that actively seek to hire vets and are also a great fit...

Taking on a principal role for Purple Gator roughly four years ago was a leap of faith. Even though I loved the idea of our flagship product, a trivia platform that offers businesses a new way to engage customers, I was signing on with a brand-new company...

Since 2016, Code Platoon has trained four cohorts of career-changing veterans to enter the technology sector. More than 80% of our students have found employment as full-time junior developers with an average starting salary of $65,000. As we planned for 2018, we...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) visited Code Platoon’s headquarters on Friday to learn more about the coding bootcamp for veterans. Code Platoon’s students, who are a week away from graduation, presented Durbin with an iteration of their capstone project — a web app that...

We’re excited to announce that we’re competing in the Newman’s Own Foundation $500K Holiday Challenge. From November 21st until January 3rd, we’ll be competing with other elite nonprofits from around the nation to raise money. The organization that raises the most...

As the tech community continues to grow, careers in the programming and software development space are quickly becoming more and more prominent. That’s why a growing number of universities are partnering with coding bootcamps and giving their students a leg up in a...

The push to get veterans trained for STEM jobs got a boost with the announcement of The Boeing Company’s $100,000 grant to Code Platoon, a web development boot camp for servicemembers. Rod Levy, executive director of Code Platoon, calls the grant “recognition of the...

We’re proud to announce today that we’ve received a $10,000 USD grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola solutions, Inc. We’re using the grant to provide an assistant instructor for our Spring 2018 cohort. The assistant instructor...

Here at Code Platoon, we see more and more veterans transition into the world of coding and development every single day. However, we know that veterans come from every corner of the nation – not just the Chicagoland area – and that’s why we’re excited to share that...

I had the distinct privilege of being part of the inaugural Ambassadors class for Denver Startup Week (DSW). The DSW Ambassadors program was a 3-day all-expenses-paid trip where out-of-town entrepreneurs, business leaders, and technical folks got the opportunity to...

Despite the fact that the tech community is growing faster than ever, there are still two demographics that are often overlooked – women and veterans. However, the dearth of representation from both communities is quickly changing, especially when you have individuals...